“If you are able to go the extra mile, you weren’t going the distance to begin with.”
– Randal

One idea I’ve found to be widely accepted is the notion that you can give something a 110%, or go the extra mile. My thinking on this differs a bit, I believe that if you are able to give any more, you haven’t yet reached a 100%, nor walked the distance. Sayings like these, although the intent is to be motivating, are also accepting that you don’t have to give it your all as a rule. While not going full capacity on every task is probably wise, do you really want to live your life at half capacity, and when you do reach your full potential it is treated as a surprise that you were able to?

Personally, I don’t want to live as 50% of who I could be. Potentional, and capacity is a muscle, it can be trained and grow bigger. So if we constantly drift around 70% it won’t get much exercise, and grow any bigger.

“It’s about giving it your all as a rule, instead of as an exemption to it.”

This text isn’t about dissing the quotes you find motivating, or saying that you aren’t giving it your all. It’s about giving it all as a rule, instead of an exemption to it.

I believe that most people have gone through something in life that at the time seemed impossible, maybe you are living it now. Maybe you don’t even think you have any potential right now, but I want you to know that you do. You are reading this right now and that means you’re still here, you got through it, or at least are in the process of getting through it.

When you feel ready, you can start the process of letting go of what is holding you back, we need to stop surviving and start thriving. Live up to your potential, and exceed it by giving it your all every opportunity you get.

“Live up to your potential, and exceed it by giving it your all every oppurtunity you get.”

This is very insightful and I agree with you, i don’t wanna live at 50 or even 70 or 80%. I wanna try to hit 100% all the time, it comes across as not sustainable or not doable but i really think it is.

I think that there is also room for improvement. When you give 100%, the extra mile is the improvements you can make afterwards. Or is the extras you give, which are always appreciated, especially when it comes to doing business. 100% is relative.

Oh! This quote is one of my faves! “If you are able to go the extra mile, you weren’t going the distance to begin with.”
– Randal We all need to live to our potential…that’s is why it is so important to do what we love!

Wise words. I’m with you on this one. Giving it 110% is just empty words, plus it’s not realistic. I believe in giving it my best as oppose to giving it my all. I’d like to leave some of myself for, well, myself. At the end of the day, what matter is participation and not perfection.